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This was echoed by councillor Tony Kearon, who said: "Whilst it looks like a fairly straightforward application site there's a number of issues which need to be addressed.

"The site's very complex legacy of industrial use has left contamination underground."

But planning officer Guy Benson reassured councillors that construction would not be able to go ahead until the site was cleaned up, and that the authority had included conditions to make sure this happened.

He said: "The site contamination survey would be dealt with separately. There's nothing wrong with them saying the layout is seperate."